2 held following West Garfield Park police shooting

Police fired one shot this morning at a man who refused to drop a handgun on the West Side.

No one was hit but that man and another were placed under arrest.

It happened at 10:24 a.m. in the 4200 block of West Jackson Boulevard when a narcotics unit conducting an investigation ran across a man they wanted to talk to, said Harrison District police Lt. John Andrews.

When police approached him, they found the 19-year-old was brandishing a black semiautomatic handgun.

When officers ordered him to drop it, he failed to, causing an officer to fire one shot toward him, said Andrews.

The bullet did not hit anyone but the 19-year-old dropped his gun and he was arrested.

Police recovered the handgun and narcotics on him, said Andrews. A 20-year-old man who was with him also was placed under arrest for narcotics-related offenses.

They have not been charged as of early afternoon, according to the lieutenant.